A Few Clouds and 70 F at Pittsburgh - Allegheny County Airport, PA
Winds are West at 3.5 MPH (3 KT). The pressure is 1018.3 mb and the humidity is 76%. Last Updated on Aug 13 2018, 12:53 am EDT. More...

The Berlin Wall Goes Up (1961)After World War II, the Soviet Union occupied East Berlin while control of West Berlin was split between the US, the UK, and France. From 1949 to 1961, more than 2 million East Germans fled to West Germany to escape Communist rule before the wall was built to stop the tide of defectors. First constructed of barbed wire and erected at night, the barrier was eventually replaced by a concrete structure studded with watchtowers manned by East German soldiers. What was the "Death Strip"? DiscussMore...

Fun In The Sun: The 3 Best Parks In Pittsburgh
Tue, 07 Aug 2018 01:42:10 +0000
https://cbspittsburgh.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/hoodlinepark1.jpg?w=150Hoodline crunched the numbers to find where in Pittsburgh to venture next time you want to get outside for some fresh air.
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Former Miss USA Undergoes Life-Saving Double-Lung Transplant At UPMC
Mon, 06 Aug 2018 22:37:34 +0000
https://cbspittsburgh.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/michele-mcdonald-boeke.jpg?w=150The only woman from Pennsylvania to become Miss USA is making news decades later for another reason; she received a life-saving double lung transplant at UPMC.
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18 Jul 2018
Two steps back: North Korea talks show the slog of diplomacy

President Donald Trump took the great leap forward with North Korea?s Kim Jong Un. They had a big, flashy, historic summit meeting in Singapore last month.
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Sniff, huh, wha...

What is that smell?

Picture a warm day followed by a cool night. As dusk passes into night, a smell encroaches.
It is a not a smell of honeysuckle or sweetness. It is a noxious smell, a mixture of exhaust
and chemicals, caused by a weather phenomenon called inversion.

As explained by Mrs. Graham, Section Head of Air Quality Planning at the Allegheny County Health
Department, an inversion occurs when the ground temperature is cooler than the air above, causing
pollution to be trapped near the ground and your nose.

Normally air temperature gets cooler as altitude increases, allowing pollution to rise and float
away. However, if the air temperature is cooler near the ground than it is at a higher altitude,
even by a couple of degrees, a bad smell can occur.

Notice a bad smell?

Call the Allegheny County Foul Odor Hotline at 412-687-ACHD (2243) to report the smell or visit
GASP to learn more about air quality issues.